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- Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:27 pm
- Forum: Technical Problems
- Topic: Lost post
- Replies: 5
- Views: 57428
Hi Andrea, I have experienced the same frustration of losing a long post. :roll: What I did wrong was, having previewed my message, I automatically hit the back button intending to continue/edit my post, rather than simply scrolling down to do so. Once bitten twice shy, I now remind myself that befo...
- Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:29 pm
- Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
- Topic: Talk about anything you like!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 30873
Hi Debbie, I am glad that you have started this new forum as, in the past, I have felt that what I posted/might have posted didn't really belong under the 'programme based questions' forum. Unfortunately, due to personal circumstances, I have been/will be unable to post as often as I would otherwise...
- Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:58 pm
- Forum: Post your Programme-based Questions Here
- Topic: simple paired activity using wordlists
- Replies: 2
- Views: 40663
simple paired activity using wordlists
I have suggested this activity before and the children did enjoy it, however I now have thought of a new way of using it which is proving more popular with the pupils- which is always a good thing! I laminated A4 sheets for the children to to use as mini whiteboards and ordered a supply of whiteboar...
- Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:16 am
- Forum: Resources Updates
- Topic: Revised Sounds Book strand - unit 6
- Replies: 1
- Views: 13907
Hello Debbie, I've just glanced at this new material and it looks great. I know my Y6/7 colleague in particular will love it- I don't think any of the the rest of our staff will get as far as it with our EXPLICIT teaching this year. However I intend to print out and enlarge the 'landscape' sheets an...
- Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:14 am
- Forum: Guide to using the programme
- Topic: Incidental phonics and planned, systematic phonics teaching
- Replies: 6
- Views: 57008
I was very aware of the importance of incidental phonics right throughout the school day and across all subject areas, last year- which was my first year using synthetic phonics. However, I now find it much easier to teach incidental phonics since I have come to recognise and value the potential of ...
- Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:52 pm
- Forum: Post your Programme-based Questions Here
- Topic: Using PI with older ESL students
- Replies: 0
- Views: 32533
Using PI with older ESL students
I am interested to hear of the experiences of teachers using PI to teach older pupils, for whom English is a second language. I am aware of teachers in similar settings, who are trying to decide which SP programme to choose. It may help that decision making if teachers, using PI in such settings, co...
- Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:18 am
- Forum: Post your Programme-based Questions Here
- Topic: PI -Whole School Approach- Y6/Y7 pupil comments
- Replies: 0
- Views: 33041
PI -Whole School Approach- Y6/Y7 pupil comments
Our school began using PI as a whole school programme in January 2008. I had introduced SP to the school in Sept. 2006, when I began teaching reception/Y1 using Jolly Phonics, and so, by this time, the children from reception up to Y2 had been 'SP taught' right from the beginning. As these 'SP taugh...
- Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:06 pm
- Forum: Guide to using the programme
- Topic: Thinking about storage!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 43819
I have a hard copy of the whole programme with each separate resource stored in plastic pockets and filed as units into 2 separate accordion files- one for units 1-6 and one for units 7-12. Recently, as I prepare for the fortnight ahead, I have begun to make a mastercopy file for each new GPC I plan...
- Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:27 am
- Forum: Post your Programme-based Questions Here
- Topic: Using the programme in a mixed YR/Y1 class
- Replies: 4
- Views: 51815
This term I’ve decided to try changing my Y1 lesson format slightly and also to make more use of the decodable text and the proformas provided. I made up a pack including soundbook activity sheets, corresponding decodable text, a sheet containing wordlists (including some tricky words) and a proform...
- Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:09 pm
- Forum: Post your Programme-based Questions Here
- Topic: Using the programme as a spelling programme with older class
- Replies: 2
- Views: 39992
- Fri Nov 23, 2007 6:50 pm
- Forum: Post your Programme-based Questions Here
- Topic: Using the programme as a spelling programme with older class
- Replies: 2
- Views: 39992
Using the programme as a spelling programme with older class
Dear Debbie, I am interested in your suggestions for using the programme as a spelling programme right up through the school. Obviously as SP filters up through the school, the children will have a good code knowledge and be competent in the skills of blending and segmenting, however as of right now...
- Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:45 pm
- Forum: Post your Programme-based Questions Here
- Topic: What did I do before phonics international?!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 39187
What did I do before phonics international?!
As the thread title suggests, I find myself continually wondering how I managed without the resources provided by the phonics international programme. Having such a comprehensive bank of resources available at the click of a mouse is just wonderful. I continue to introduce the sounds at a rate of tw...
- Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:48 am
- Forum: Post your Programme-based Questions Here
- Topic: Using the programme in a mixed YR/Y1 class
- Replies: 4
- Views: 51815
Perhaps the following questions posed to me on another forum and my replies may be of interest to others using Debbie's programme: Question: when teaching the alphabetic code do children naturally recognise the vowel digraphs once they are taught or how do you stop them sayinge.g. t-e-a for tea? I j...
- Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:04 pm
- Forum: Post your Programme-based Questions Here
- Topic: Using the programme in a mixed YR/Y1 class
- Replies: 4
- Views: 51815
Using the programme in a mixed YR/Y1 class
I am a primary school teacher in the republic of Ireland. I teach a mixed class of Junior/Senior Infants (the equivalent of YR/Y1 in England). There are 10 pupils in Junior Infants and 12 in Senior Infants ranging in age from 4 to 6. There are 12 girls and 10 boys in total and there are a range of m...